Random Mariner Post 2: How Bad Have They Been?

Today I was bored and thought at the rate the current Seattle Mariners team is going what would their record be at the end of the season.  Let's just say it isn't pretty (though I do not believe they can extend their futility throughout the whole season). 

It started out as a question of how Total Total Based (TB+BB+HBP+SB) would look if divided by runs.  The theory was lower numbers were better on offense and worse on defense/pitching (kind of an offensive efficiency angle).  However, I got bored and went a different direction.   

Methodology: I can't stand "sabermetrics" so what am I using.  Something simple.  Using the current 2013 stats, I divided by .1481 (24/162). 

At their current pace, I have the Seattle Mariners year end record being 57-105. 

They would score 533 runs (2010 redux) yet give up 742 runs.   



I don't think the M's current pace of grounding into 195 double plays (or pitching giving up 300+ doubles and 229 HRs) will hold up. 

Totally Random Rambling Post About the Seattle Mariners

So, it is 20 games into the MLB season and much to my surprise the Seattle Mariners kind of suck.  Well, I guess they really haven't been relevant since 2008.  The AAA team does have more than one interesting player though. 

Political: Small Business and Goverenment Intervention (Clientele Choices)

Recently several of a certain types of stories have been surfacing.  The stories I am talking about are the ones where Business A gets sued by a customer that is refused service (the ones making news now are homosexual). 

In my view, this is an extreme over-reach by government (local).  Government should have no say whatsoever in clientele decisions.  I am really disappointed in these (mostly state) laws that contradict freedom of speech (via customer acceptance/denial).  After all, money is a very powerful form of economic speech.  These (usually anti-discrimination) laws should be thrown out and not apply to business decisions. 

Public "anti-discrimination" laws do not and should not apply to voluntary business transactions that occur in private stores. 

I do not view a business as a public environment.  It is a private service between a client and a store.  There is no place for interference by a government body.  A store is a private location and should not be seen as "public" for the purposes of these ridiculous laws.   A business should be allowed to refuse service to any potential customer for any reason.  A business is a private entity.  Government has no place to decide for the business owner who they do or do not serve.  It is a miscarriage of justice that they force private enterprise to do what the state wants.  

Random Surface RT stuff: Sales

I guess there is a Murphy's Law corollary that states that after you purchase something you will find it on sale. 

Well, there has recently been a sale on some of the stuff I purchased from the Windows Store (apps for my Surface RT). Actually, probably half of the apps/games I purchase have later gone on sale.  The games that haven't gone on sale were most likely free. 

Anyway, this time the there are two sales (who knows for how long).  The Miniclip stuff (Gravity Guy, Monster Island, and iStunt 2) are currently free.  There is also currently a sale on some Microsoft published titles (there are six of them, I forget what they are). 

So, I guess the lesson here is to wait to purchase a game for a month or 2 (until there might be a sale/ price decrease).   

Anit-Immigration Post

Recently I was flipping through TV channels.  Anyway, one of the talking heads on MSNBC (I hate that channel) was talking about immigration reform in the US saying that she believed that absolutely everybody who wanted in should be let it.

This is one of the dumbest comments I've ever heard.  The days of the US as a melting pot should be over.  A rapidly expanding economy needs workers, and the melting pot idea may have been useful 100 years ago - but it is much less useful today in a mature (or soon to be declining economy). 

Losery Post of Loserdom: Movies Watched Q1 2013

I guess it is time for another fluff post about the movies I saw in the last couple of months.  Once again I use the term "watched" though that may not be totally accurate.  It might be code for having something play, but I was playing Monsters Love Candy on my Surface RT or surfing the internet on my notebook. 

My Surface RT Report: March 2013

Well, another month has come and gone (like months typically do).  So how have I been enjoying my Microsoft Surface RT this month?

I am still using it mostly as an Xbox portable (with some email).